Synonyms for limelight
ˈlaɪmˌlaɪtlime·light

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1. limelight, spotlight, glare, public eyenoun

   a focus of public attention

   "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

   Synonyms:
   glare, spot, calcium light, spotlight, glower, brilliance, public eye, blaze

2. limelight, calcium lightnoun

   a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting

   Synonyms:
   spotlight, glare, calcium light, public eye

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1. • Lamp
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1. List of paraphrases for "limelight":

   spotlight, fore

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1. Englishman Willett:

   Obviously, you get recognized a little bit more and things like that, you realize how difficult the guys have had it who have been up there in the limelight for a lot of years, how much they've got to take control of their own time.

2. Mark Meadows:

   I don't like being in the limelight. It is fearful whenever you do doing something like this.

3. Lindsey Perryman-Dunn:

   You know what [ the accusers ] are upset about, that they didn't get the limelight until they were on Lifetime television.

4. Paul Stastny:

   It was emotional, i was happy, more than anything, that my kids got to be there and my wife. Its always nice to hear compliments, compliments are nice, let’s face it everyone likes it. I don’t like the limelight. I’m happy it’s over with because I like to fly under the radar.

5. Ralph Hernandez:

   I ca n’t tell you who the new witnesses are, we’re not giving up their identity, what I can tell you about the new witnesses is, one, they’re not looking for limelight. They’re not looking to have anyone pay them for interviews. In fact, two of them, we actually had to seek out and find. … I can tell you that their account certainly corroborates Dennis Davern.